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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 06, 2011
Saurabh Sitaram Karmarkar, Pune, IN;
Ganesh Prabhakar Tambat, Pune, IN;
Aditya Anil Gokhale, Pune, IN;
Saurabh Sitaram Karmarkar, Pune, IN;
Ganesh Prabhakar Tambat, Pune, IN;
Aditya Anil Gokhale, Pune, IN;
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for booting from an encrypted hard disk are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for booting from an encrypted virtual hard disk comprising booting a computing device from an encrypted virtual hard disk in a booting environment and authenticating an encryption password associated with the encrypted virtual hard disk. The method may comprise decrypting, via at least one computer processor, the encrypted virtual hard disk using the encryption password based at least in part on an authentication of the encryption password.